OK, so, this came from jackslack via bruceb. The idea is to generate 20 random songs from your mp3s, then find random lyrics from within those songs. Then post just the lyrics to LJ and have your friends try to guess the artists and songs!

I generated the list using iTunes to randomly find my songs (I omitted classical/lyricless songs, repeat artists, and artists who were too local to be fair to everyone). Then I created a perl script to randomly pull out a few lines from my lyrics files for those songs (which I generated by looking up lyrics on the intarweb). I chose the sample from within the block my script generated to be the most "complete" set, and also made sure to not post any lyrics that contained the song name (that would be too easy!)

OK, now that I've given you my geekly way of generating this list, here it is. As people guess the songs, I'll post the artist/title to the lyric.

1. Hiding here and hiding thereMadness hiding everywhereSuch a curiosityHere it comes to set us free-- Oingo Boingo, "Insanity"

2. Water was running; children were runningyou were running out of timeunder the mountain, a golden fountainwere you praying at the lares shrine?-- Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Cities in Dust"

3. The companies want something done about this sluggishworld economic situationProfits have been running a little thin latelyand we need to stimulate some growth

4. he hears chanting choirs and voices at nightthey're raging like fires but speaking so lighthe wants to kill the pastto be alone at last

5. And I'm not denyingThat I get this wayWhen I try to get over youI get this way

6. We dont even have picturesJust memories to holdThat grow sweeter each seasonAs we slowly grow old-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Walk on the Ocean"

9. Dream of West Virginia, or of the British Isles'Cause when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.When you are much older, remember when we satAt midnight on the windowsill, and had this little chat

10. you say words that don't mean a thingbut this world turns with the touches you bringtake it in, into your handsthrow it back and throw it down